US 12,220,923 B2
Inkjet printing apparatus
Kyohei Maruyama, Nagano (JP); and Masayuki Furuse, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano (JP)
Filed by MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano (JP)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,039.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-153773 (JP), filed on Sep. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086034 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17563 (2013.01) [B41J 2/14024 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14403 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:
an inkjet head that moves in a scanning direction at a time of printing;
a filter chamber provided on a path for supplying ink to a nozzle in the inkjet head; and
a rolling element placed on a filter in the filter chamber; wherein
the rolling element has a diameter larger than a mesh of the filter; and
the rolling element is disposed so as to be rollable on the filter in the scanning direction by movement of the inkjet head.